By Koun, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1746 The black-lacquer cabinet with hinged doors opening to reveal figures of Fudo Myo-o flanked by Nyorai Kojin, and Aizen Myo-o, all carved and assembled in wood and painted in pigments and gilt, with applied jewelry and accouterments and set on a multi-tiered dais, inscribed on the underside of the cabinet Fudo Myo-o, Nyorai Kojin, Aizen Myo-o sanzon Rakuyo Shichijo Daibutsu suji Unkei chakuden juhachi-sei Kyosai Rokujo Tenshi seisakusha Daibusshi Kouun Enkyo ninen saku (A triad of Fudo Myo-o, Nyorai Kojin, and Aizen Myo-o, made by the Buddhist sculptor Koun of Tenshi, Rokujo, Western Kyoto, 18-generation direct descendant of the great sculptor Unkei [circa 1150-1223) of Shichijo, Kyoto, 1745) Fudo: 16 1/2in (41.9cm); Aizen: 13 1/8in (33.3cm); Nyorai Koujin: 12 1/2in (31.8cm) high; Cabinet: 22 x 21 3/4 x 10 1/4in (55.8 x 55.2 x 26cm)